It is shown a qualitative analysis of the understanding of cognitive metaphors in patients with fluent aphasia in a Hospital Care Center of Lima. The targets of the research were as follow: to describe the characteristics of the cognitive understanding of metaphors in a group of patients with fluent aphasia form a Hospital Care Center of Lima through the speaking and conversation subtest and oral expression subtest, both belonging to test of Boston. The method used was simple descriptive. The results were achieved through the application of two selected subtest of the test of Boston, which responses were transcribed in individual cases and in a comparative table for better data analysis.
It is concluded through research that patients with fluent aphasia have difficulties in understanding cognitive metaphors, which were interpreted in their literal meanings and associated with foreign issues, but also, although to understand some metaphors, these were only defined based on their experiences, effects which produce on people and synonyms. Furthermore, the level of understanding of cognitive metaphors is associated with the type of fluent aphasia. Moreover, the results of this research can not be generalized nationally, due to the amount of the sample.